Anvil attachment



H. TROUTS.

ANVIL ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, I918.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANVIL ATTACHIVIENT.

Application filed September 25, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY Tnours, a citizen of the United States,residing at firidgeport, in the county of Fairfield, State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AnvilAttachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in anvils andparticularly to attachments for anvils.

()ne object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improvedattachment for an anvil whereby the welding of chain links can bequickly and easily accomplished without the necessity of the provisionof a special anvil.

Another object is to provide a novel and simple device which can beeasily and quickly applied to the horn of any ordinary anvil whereby thesmith is relieved of the expense of buying a special anvil, thus readilyconverting the anvil into one for the special purpose of welding chainlinks.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an anvil having the attachment thereon,and partly broken away.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the attachment removed from the anvil.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing. 10 represents ananvil which has the horn 11, and in connection with which my inventionis particularly adapted for use.

In welding chain links it is necessary to slide the link onto the hornof the anvil, but in so doing the link which is engaged through the oneon which work is being performed engages against the lower face of thehorn and thus prevents the proper positioning of the work link on thehorn. In some anvils there is provided a longitudinal groove in thelower face of the horn toreceive the upper part of the second link, asseen in the patent to J. E. Campbell, 1,065,918, issued July 1, 1913.Sm1ths Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920. Serial No. 255,642.

already have their anvils in their shops and do not care to be put tothe added expense of buying another anvil which has the groove, and itis with this particular object in view that the present device isinvented.

The invention consists of a member 12 which is of the same outline asthe horn of the anvil, but is slightly larger size and 1101- low so thatit can be easily slipped onto the horn and fit thereon snugly. 1n thelower face of the member 12 there is formed a longitudinal groove 13which receives the upper portion of the next lower link of the chain.Extending upwardly through the member 12 and in the groove, is a screw14 which is arranged to be turned upwardly into biting engagement withthe lower face of the horn of the anvil, whereby the member 12 will befirmly held in proper position on the horn. The lower portion of themember 12 is necessarily thicker than the upper portion for the purposeof forming the groove therein. This groove extends through the end ofthe member 12 so that the links can be slipped on from the end of theattachment.

By means of this attachment, which is extremely simple and cheap inconstruction, the smith can quickly and easily convert his ordinaryforge anvil into an anvil which will permit the welding of chain links.Thus the smith is permitted to possess a device which is valuable initself as a working expedient and without the expense of providinghimself with a separate and special kind of anvil.

\Vhat is claimed is:

As an article of manufacture an attachment for an anvil comprising ahollow tapering body of an external outline the shape of the horn of ananvil, and an internal outline and size to snugly fit the horn of ananvil, the outer face of the body having a longitudinal groove extendingthrough the smaller end of the body and terminating adjacent the largerend of the body, and a screw engaged through the last-named end of thegroove, said grooved portion of the body being thicker than theremainder thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY TROUTS.

Witnesses:

ANDREW LIGHTCAP, THEO. M. Moran.

